Light-controlled switchable complexation by a non-photoresponsive hydrogen-bonded amide macrocycle
Sudarshana Santhosh Kumar Kothapalli, Vijaya Kumar Kannekanti, Zecong Ye, Zhiyao Yang, Lixi Chen, Yimin Cai, Beichen Zhu, Wen Feng, Lihua Yuan
Abstract
A light controlled switchable host–guest system based on a non-photoresponsive H-bonded macrocycle and pyridinium salts was developed using a photoacid.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryPyridiniumAmidePolymer chemistryHydrogen bondPhotochemistryMoleculeOrganic chemistryPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsSupramolecular Chemistry and Complexes